Wanted: Dead or Alive (1951 film)

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Wanted: Dead or Alive
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Directed by Thomas Carr
Written byClint Johnston
Harry L. Fraser
Produced by Vincent M. Fennelly
Starring Whip Wilson
Fuzzy Knight
Christine McIntyre
Cinematography Ernest Miller
Edited by Sam Fields
Music by Raoul Kraushaar
Production
company
Transwestern Pictures
Distributed by Monogram Pictures
Release date
  • April 3, 1951 (1951-04-03)
Running time
58 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Wanted: Dead or Alive is a 1951 American western film directed by Thomas Carr and starring Whip Wilson, Fuzzy Knight and Christine McIntyre. [1] The film was distributed as a second feature by Monogram Pictures. It was shot partly at the Iverson Ranch in California. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Dave Milton and Fred Preble. It was the first of a series of films pairing Wilson and Knight. [2]

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Plot

A gang are breaking wanted outlaws out of jail and then killing them in order to claim the reward money. Three Marshals plan to infiltrate the gang, with one of them posing as an outlaw, in order to bring them to justice.

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